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Page 2THE BASTROP ADVERTISERThursday, November 22,1990Smithville sets home tourAdvertiser Photo/Darryl KoubaVisitors flocked to McDade November 17 to celebrate Germ Fest ’90 with German desendents.German descendants celebrateThe desire to celebrate combin-ed with the hard work andorganization typical of Germandescendants made last Satur-day’s GERMAN FEST ’90 inMcDade an outstanding BastropCounty event.The crowd of over 500 flowedthrough the V.F.W. Grounds onHighway 290 and enjoyed a largevariety of activities, sounds,tastes and sights.Over 40 artisans anddemonstrators provided arts,crafts and unique demonstra-tions, ranging from handmadefishing lures and novelties to ar-rowhead napping and chaircaning.Trial-posed to be in my place,”’ he toldthe judge.Initially Amador backed awayfrom him, calling him names andtaunting him to step outside andfight, Maldonado said. ThenAmador walked closer, reachedout with his right hand and drop-ped his left hand to his side, thedefendant testified.“I reached in my pocket--I wasscared--and I shoot... just to gethim away, hold him back,”Maldonado said.The defendant said he did notsee Amador reach for a weapon, or hold anything in his hands at\ the time.i* Previously Elgin Police ChiefDavid Campos testified in-vestigators found no weapon on ornear Amador’s body.In cross examination bydefense attorneys Neil Pfeifferand Joe Turner, they suggestedthat relatives and friends of thevictim had opportunities toremove a weapon from the victimbefore police forced their way tohim through the crowded bar.Travis County Medical Ex-aminer Robert Bayardo saidAmador died of a single.38-calibre gunshot which enterednear his chin and smashed intohis spinal chord, causing deathalmost instantly.Campos said Amador was onparole for a 1988 burglary convic-tion and had been in trouble withauthorities from time to timesince he was a juvenile.Augustine Salazar, a cousin ofAmador, and other relatives atthe scene said Amador was notarmed and did not carryweapons.“Thomas never carriedweapons, a knife or anything,”Salazar said.A series of character witnessesincluding Precinct 4Commissioner-elect Lee Dildy,Elgin Police Sgt. Louis Alba andOscar Wise testified thatMaldonado has a reputation inthe community as a law’ abiding,truthful person.Chief Campos also vouched forMaldonado’s good reputation inElgin.Exhibits-Continued from Page 1artifacts belonging to the late HalFrank Matheny and early Texanfurniture belonging to AndyThompson.“Iam very pleased. The grant(application) was due September15 and I didn’t get started untilafter the first,” Barber said. TheBastrop County Historical Com-mission and the Travis CountyArchaeological Society helpedwith the grant, as did Nan Olsenand Tbm Scott, she added.“Now that we have tapped intothis source, next year we will tryfor more exhibits,” Barber said.Truancy-Continued from Page 1response, officials file a com-plaint in her court, Hoover said.“We don’t like to do it (turn thecase over to the courts).” saidBISD Superintendent Paul Flem-ing. “It should be solved withoutthe courts, but we (the schools)are responsible.” “I send asummons to the parents and if Iget no response, a warrant isissued. Usually it doesn’t go thatfar,” said Judge Hoover.Hoover said if parents arecooperative, they pay the first of-fense fines and then are deferredfor a six-month probation period.The child is not allowed to missany days and has to attend Satur-day school to make up missedwork.According to Hoover the fine fora second offense is $50, and afterthat each offense can cost theparents $100. Each day the childis out of school is considered aseperate offense and translates toa $100 a day fine the parents mustpay.So far everyone has worked oncomplying with the law before thesecond offense, Hoover added.SV city.Continued from Page 1In setting the day for city votersto decide on the issue, Richardsruled that the petition was in pro-per form and contained enoughvalid signatures.TEXAS SAMPLER918 MAIN, BASTROP'lK t&C tS95 &.$. (fuAtfolkart * primitives * antiques * crafts‘Tfau one (Hotted t* attendCHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSESat., Nov. 24th, 10 AM - 5 PMServing hot spiced cider & Christinas gnome cookiesCome fe(p us ceCebrate theBeginning of this joyous season!Music was provided by musi-cians from Bastrop, Elgin,Pflugerville and Giddings.Games, stories, drinks andfoods featuring a unique Germanbratwurst, breads andhomemade cakes were offeredunder the auspices of the GermanHeritage Club of Bastrop County,which produced the fest..Continued from Page 1Hair-Continued from Page 1rules and employeers cannot,Florence charged. Even federalprison officials cannot imposerestrictions on dress and facialhair which are part of the school’sdress code, said Florence.“An eight-year-old is in isola-tion because of a rule that thefederal prison can’t enforce,” hesaid. “If I were the board I’d issuean apology and drop the policy.”In other business Tuesday theboard:•Approved a trip to Dallas andthe Cotton Bowl by Middle Schoolcheerleaders.• Raised the price of schoolmeals for adults by 25 cents to$1.75 to meet federalrequirements.PUBLIC NOTICEOn July 19, 1990, GTE SouthwestIncorporated ("GTE-SW') filed revisions to the company's tariff pertainingto the features and associated equip-ment for providing emergency numberservices (9-1-1).In this filing, GTE-SW proposes tomodify its existing 9-1-1 tariff and toadd more than 200 new service offerings. The new items of service andequipment in this application havebeen added to meet the company’s increasing 9-1-1 customer demands andto allow GTE-SW to compete moreeffectively in the 9-1-1 equipmentmarket.The product line in the new offeringsconsists of a mini-computer and spe-cialized console package for largercommunities, as well as a personalcomputer with Automatic NumberIdentification (ANI) display for smallercommunities. (ANI displays a caller'stelephone number on the emergencydispatcher's computer screen.) In addi-tion, the product line will include ANIand Automatic Location Information(ALI) display units compatible with,and similar to, those offered by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company andother local exchange carriers in Texas.(The ALI feature displays a caller'saddress on the computer screen.) Therate charged existing 9-1-1 customersmay be revised at the expiration oftheir contracts with GTE-SW if theproposed tariff is approved.This filing has been assigned DocketNo 9667. The hearing on the merits isscheduled for February 25,1991, at theoffices of the Public Utility Commis-sion of Texas. The deadline to inter-vene in this docket is December 31,1990.Persons who wish to intervene orotherwise participate in these proceed-ings should notify the commission assoon as possible. A request to inter-vene, participate, or for further infor-mation, should be mailed to the PublicUtility Commission of Texas, 7800Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 400N,Austin, Texas, 78757. Further infor-mation also may be obtained by callingthe Public Utility Commission Con-sumer Affairs Division at (512) 458-0223 or (512)458-0227, or (512)458-0221, teletypewriter for the deaf.GTE SouthwestIncorporatedThe Smithville Heritage Socie-ty will hold the Christmas Tour ofHomes on Sunday, December 1Gfrom 2 to 5 p.m.Tickets are $5 and are availableat the Smithville HeritageMuseum, First State Bank, LostPines National Bank, SmithvillePublic Library, Smithville Sav-ings & Loan, and at each tourbuilding on the day of the tour.This year there are five stopson the tour: the SmithvilleRailroad Historical Park, theMassey-Whitehead House, the1924 Smithville High School, theJones-McKeown House and theHeritage House.Visitors are invited to tour theUnion Pacific caboose which isparked at the Smithville RailroadHistorical Park at First Streetbetween Main and Ramona andto visit the MKT railroad depot inthe park.The caboose was the travelingcompartment for the conductorand brakeman and was built in1967. It’s a gift from the UnionPacific Railroad. The MKT depotwas originally in West Point,'Ibxas and was built in 1942 ofmaterials salvaged from a stationbuilt in the 1890s when the linewas put in service. Some yearsago the little depot was donatedto the Smithville Heritage Socie-ty and moved intact and restoredlate in 1989.The two-story Massey home at305 East First Street was builtaround 1900 and was planned asa downstairs residence for theowners and an upstairs complexof rental quarters, rooms forrailroad employees. It’s a mix-ture of Greek Revival, embellish-ed with Victorian porches andornaments.The Massey home is now oc-cupied by Fred and BarbaraWhitehead, whose book design. studio is housed next door in asmall shanty-like home.The 1924 Smithville High Schoolat Sixth and Bishop was voted onin 1920 when the school’s enroll-ment was 135 students. ArchitectILF. Kuehne proposed $75,000 forthe new high school in 1923 and in .1923 the city gave 10 acres for thebuilding. Builders were theTurney brothers, O.C. Fite, andJ.R. Ingram. The red brickbuilding totated 19,040 sq. ft. Theschool held the town’s first stage.Two students of the school’s firstguaduating class still reside inSmithville: Tom Burleson andVastine Buescher.The Jones-McKeown house at704 Maian is a picture-book exam-ple of Queen Anne Victorian ar-chitecture. Built in 1905 by theWilliams famiy, it was sold to theJones family where it remainedfor 65 years. It originally con-sisted of four bedrooms and dur-ing WW II, the upstairs frontporch was enclosed to make afifth bedroom. These rooms wererented to servicemen and theirwives from Camp Swift. Thetowel rods from this era are stillintact behind each bedroom door.They all shared the bath buteveryone had his own towel rod.The McKeown family boughtthe house in 1973 and has beenremodeled without altering theoriginal floor plan. There aretransoms above each door, wallclosets and 29 original windowswhich both raise and lower. Thehouse was built of cypress with in-terior trim of now extinct longleaf pine.The Heritage House at 602 Mainhas a wrap-around gallery withClassic Revival columns. The. turn-of-the-century Victoriantwo-story house was built in 1908by John Cox. It passed to hisdaughter, Lillian Cox Hyson andafter her death, was presented tothe Heritage Society in 1976 as aBi-Centennial tribute by her sonand daughter-in-law Lt. Col.Floyd (Skip), and Lucille Hyson.Renovation was begun in the ear-ly 1980s.The Smithville HeritageMuseum is located on the proper-ty. It was given to the HeritageSociety in 1979 by the late FrankP. Loughridge in memory of hiswife, Jessie. The museum is open9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Tuesday.Surgery is topicPatient Care Before and AfterSurgery is the topic for an upcom-ing seminar sponsored by theSmithville Hospital Authority.The seminar is scheduledDecember 4 from 4-7 p.m. atSmithville Hospital.Guest speaker is Kathy Lattavo,RN, MSN. She is a Clinical NurseSpecialist at St. David’s Hospital.Student car bumsRicki Donnell, a Kemp residentgoing to school at SouthwestTexas State, lost her 1983 grayOldsmobile Friday afternoonwhen it went up in flames aftershe ran off Tfexas 21 east ofBastrop.The incident occurred fourmiles out of Bastrop near the SimGideon Power Plant exit.Donnell and her 18-month-oldChow puppy were on their wayhome for the Thanksgivingholidays when the wreckhappened.16.6CU. 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